Welcome! This is a Non-Political and a Non-Profit site (to include its authors and contributors) and does not subscribe to any revisionist organizations. This site is only to explore the combat role and history of the European Waffen-SS in World War II. Enlistment rolls show that a total of 950,000 men (German and foreigners) served in its ranks between 1940 and 1945. This blog contains a collection of real events and information on these volunteers for historical research and documentation.

ϟϟ-Obersturmführer der Waffen-SS Juchem

SS-Obersturmführer Hans Juchem

SS-Obersturmführer Hans Juchem, later promoted SS-Hauptsturmführer and awarded the Close Combat Clasp in Gold, wearing a Heer splinter camouflage jacket in September 1942. Juchem had gained a reputation as a good commander and a man to turn to for difficult missions and his company was selected more and more to lead the Wiking Division's advance, or as a counter attacking force. He was killed in action on August 13 1943, during the fighting around the bridgehead on the Izium River in the Ukraine. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross. Commons: Bundesarchiv.